PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Essential Hypertension, Abnormal Psychology, Amygdala
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Summary: psychophysiological disorders are physical diseases produced or influenced in part by psychological factors, including stress, social support, and negative emotions, psychophysiological disorders no longer appear as a diagnostic category in the. Instead, the diagnostician can make a diagnosis of psychological factors affecting a medical condition and then note the condition on axis iii. This change reflects the growing realization that life stress is relevant to all diseases and is not limited to those previously considered psychosomatic. Theories positing a biological diathesis emphasize the effects of allostatic load or changes in the immune system that are caused by stress. Theories positing a psychological diathesis focus on such factors as emotional states, personality traits, cognitive appraisals, and specific styles of coping with stress. The most successful accounts of etiology are those that integrate psychological and biological factors: cardiovascular disorders, which involve the heart and circulatory system, include essential hypertension and coronary heart disease (chd).
